Highlights From Newstalk Breakfast

Accidents involving e-scooters are becoming more common and more serious.  That’s the warning message being sounded by Dr Raymond Carson, Consultant in rehabilitation medicine at the National Rehabilitation University Hospital in Dún Laoghaire and Beaumont Hospital in Dublin.  

The majority of Ireland’s beaches have attained ‘clean’ status, in today’s annual survey of coasts and inland waterways by Irish Business Against Litter, which represents a 50% improvement on last year’s result. Speaking to Ciara was Conor Horgan, spokesperson for Irish Business Against Litter. 

Erik Menendez has been denied parole after making his bid for freedom before California's parole board.  We get the latest on this with Harriet Alexander, Features writer with The Daily Mail based in New York.

It may be August, but that hasn’t stopped Brown Thomas from opening their much-anticipated Christmas Shop.  This begs the question: how early is too early to get in the Christmas spirit? All to chat with Deirdre Reynolds, Sunday World Columnist.

Beauty influencers can be “just as toxic as Andrew Tate”. That’s according to consultant psychiatrist at Dublin’s Mater Hospital Professor Mathew Sadlier who spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

Leaving cert results come out today. Jonathan and Ciara discusses the leaving cert exams and memories of getting results.

It’s a huge day for almost 60 thousand students as they nervously await their Leaving Cert Results. We speak to Minister for Education Helen McEntee.

An English tourist has been hospitalised with serious head injuries after being attacked in the Temple Bar area of Dublin City centre. This is the latest of a series of violent and antisocial incidents in the capital.  Is Dublin’s safety deteriorating? We asked Aodhán Ó Ríordán, Labour MEP and Dublin Spokesperson.

A Virgin Media News poll has revealed that, if Bertie Ahern were to join the race for the Áras, a majority of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party would back him. Could he be one to watch in this Presidential campaign? All to discuss with Gavan Reilly, Political Correspondent for Virgin Media News.

Dental patients should be given a tax break on a range of preventative and rehabilitative treatments. That’s the call from the Irish Dental Association, whose CEO Fintan Hourihan spoke to Newstalk Breakfast.

More than 60,000 students are set to receive their Leaving Certificate results today,  To run through the breakdown of the results we are joined Gemma Lawlor, Guidance Counsellor at Tyndall College Carlow. 

Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Grant Harrold, former Butler to Princes Charles, William and Harry to discuss his new book. 'The Royal Butler: My remarkable life of royal service'  which hits the shelves next Thursday.

Gardaí have identified at least 20 victims who were scammed into buying fake tickets for the sold-out Electric Picnic festival. Also almost 100 Facebook pages have posted more than 50,000 ads on the site falsely presenting themselves as legitimate Irish stores. That’s according to a new report from the Journal Investigates. How do you sport truth from scam when it comes to online scams. All to discuss Elaine Burke host of the For Tech’s Sake Podcast.

 Israel has entered the first stages of its planned assault on Gaza City after a clash with Hamas and already has a hold on the outskirts of the city. That’s according to an Israeli military spokesman. With the latest on this we heard from Mark Weiss, Israel Correspondent with The Irish Times. 

The Government will introduce new fines for drone operators that don’t adhere to noise, privacy and flightpath regulations, according to a new framework document on the future of drones and drone delivery in Ireland. To discuss all this and more was Bobby Healy CEO of Manna Drones.

Are you wondering how you can get your kids away from the tablet and instill a love of reading?  Well, children’s author Julie Kennedy Fogarty has the answers.

The Department of Health has today announced the details of a new Immunisation Programme for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (or RSV), which will run throughout this coming winter.  We get all the details from Ellen Crushell, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health.

This Saturday, the Aviva Stadium will host the 2025 US College Football season’s opening game.  4.5 million viewers across the US will be watching the game, and Tourism Ireland has partnered with sports broadcaster ESPN to highlight Ireland to this huge audience. Speaking about what this even means for Ireland was Eoghan O Mara Walsh, Chief Executive at Irish Tourism Industry Confederation.

European countries will have to shoulder the “lion’s share” of guaranteeing Ukraine’s security in the event of a deal to end Russia’s war in the country, United States Vice President JD Vance has said. To discuss this further on the show Jonathan spoke to Jenny Mathers of the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University.

After 2 marathon shows at the Dome in Tralee it was Laois Rose Katelyn Cummins who came out on top, becoming the 2025 international Rose of Tralee. Katelyn chatted to Newstalk Breakfast about her big win.